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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-04
Health of Girls.

4 lecturer whose words were reported
in Life and Hope spoke the other day, az
follows;
One Of the principal reasons why 50
many healthy girls become invalid women
is owing to the mistaken ideas and re-
straint of the mother. When the gir i
young she romp> and plays and tumblcs
about the floor without restraint and j.
healthy. In most instances much too
soon long dresses are put on. and the girl
j. put under double restraint. and l. cX-
pected to at once become lady. Hampercd
by her clothing, which prevents the tree
action of the muscles of the body, or if
she INDUCES in any childish plays, or j.
seen by the mother In any but an upright
position, she i told that such conduct i
not ladylike and only suitable for boys.
She soon begins to think she must not
bend her body and must keep constantly in
an upright position. except when asleep,
The result of this teaching 1.-The supports
of the internal organs are weakened. The
muscles of the back not being used become
weak and relaxed, and she Stoops forward :;
Immediately stays are provided to take the
place OF the muscles. The shoulders begin
to droop forward; shoulder braces are AT
once put on 10 supply the place Of
the muscles provided by nature to
hold them in their proper position. Thus
relieved from all action they soon become
relaxed and useless. Thus nature j. sup
planted by art until the poor girl become,
more composition of steel, whaiebone
aud rubber than of muscle. flesh and blood
BY this time her mental education il finish
ed, and the proud mother i enabled 10 in
troduce to the world an accomplished iaiv
ana AZ the same time a weak. dependent,
invalid woman.
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Preventing Bark Cracks.

b. G. I. complained recently that the
bark on thrifty pear. plum and cherry
trees in his Maine orchard cracks open.
''particularly on the north side This is
"A slip of the pen, as the cracks are on the
south side. Mr.. J. b. Reynolds writes
from Buechel, Ky. that his cherry trees
are ruined by the cracking open of the
bark on the southwest side. He has mfl,ie
a close study of the cause and concludes ::
''rhe bursting of the bark arises from Il
partial thawing by the afternoon sun.
which. followed by an intensely cold night.
bursts the cells in the cambum, the out
side bark of the inner tree. This, dying
.on account of the cell Cpsconction. the out
side bark of the tree itself dieS-burStS. and
the decay of part of the trunk follows.
Some people call it "sun burn. | pro
pose the following treatment of my cherry
trees. !. Which have partly put into
effect. All new trees are to be so
shaded AS to their trunks as not
to be exposed tn the afternoon sun in
winter; that is, to 80 place them in the
shade of Il pallng fence as to protect them.
One of my trees, by accident, has a thrifty
Young cedar tree in just the right position.
1t has not suffered from "sun burn" W hat
objection would there | G to planting Il pre-
tecting cedar tree with each cherry tree
IL not to close, so aS to prevent free cir
culation of air in hot weather, it is cool
plan. J. Anotherplan for protecting the
trees is to nail on the southwest side of
each tree a four foot clapboard or palin@.
The nails would he of but little damage,
and the suns rays would he etiertulllN
shut off, but have not tried this a. YET.
3. | seek to utilize my northeast slopes by
placing there nv new cherry orchards,
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About Women.

Jenny Land lives IN London IN Il mouse
covered with vines and surrounded ny
trees and ilowerS, She i II confirmed IN,
valid, and very rarely sees callers. 70 all
Americans who knock NJ her door tn pay
their respects. the servant, VINO mas iNco
with her for the past thirty years, delivers
NV ,i'' i'm, i'",' "i,",, ,', ~
~. ~ s"s ',,a' sn VIII LIN, an La. Lo,,t !.
W. f'i'e' 'tan PI"l ','n 49, I've I've ,.,,
7aie ~ ru h;,h ii''i ,,,""' , IL, h",
paralysis: witch; n'ecN''' i'' WV nv
oia'i' u'i''i'i''ife';
Miss Dorothea l.. Din, after She had Ia
bored for years among the city poor ANA
liie eri.li,ial 'laHees, We "ror .iaNri''S ~
lish' ~ st"se-coa''' III it Il VIZ
llt oo1Iu wa , tIIIp"u "n" ''V a.. ,i;;,a
fopptu ny iSh""N h''l' A,'ei Sif'"S
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-04

which side of the true line. or whether
nartly on one side and partly on the other,
and at what distances. the fence shall be
built and maintained. and what portions
bv either party. and if either party refuses
or neglects to build and maintain his part
of the fence. the other shall have the same
remedy rs if the fence were ON the true
line. When division fence shall be sud
denly DESTROYED or Frustrated by nre.
winds or floods. the person who ought 10
repair or rebuild the same should do so IN
ten DAYS after being notified for that pur-
nose, and in the meantime he viii he
liable for damages done By estrays.
There i no legal obligation in any of
the States upon any proprietor OF uneultl-
waited, unimproyed and unoceupied land,
TO keep up division fences. When 4 pro
prietor improves his land. or encloses land
already improved. the land adjoining beng
unimproved. he must make the whole
division fence. ana if the adjoining pro
prietor afterward Improves his land, he Is
required to pay for one-half the division
fence. according TO the value thereof at
that time. The laws of the respective
States are not uniform touching the obil-
cations to maintain one-haf DIVISION
fence after the owner of the Land ceases
To improve it. In Rhode Island and some
other States, the proprietors are required
TO maintain these respective proportions
! whether they continue To improve then
land or not In Maine. New Hampshire
| Vermont and several other States, it i
| provided that if one party lays hi- lands
common. and determines not 10 Improve
them, he may, upon giving due notice
cease TO support such fences, But IN mos
of the States, he must not take away any
! part of the division fence belonging t'
| him and adjoining the next enclosure
provided the other will allow and pay
| for his part of such fence. Ii the partie'
cannot agree as To its value. 1t may he
| decided BY two or more fence-NleWerS
! Where adjacent land is owned in seVtraltN
and occupied in common, and either part y
desires TO occupy his In severalty, and The
parties disagree, either party may haN'
the line divided by the fence-vieWerS, a
| in other eases.
Owners of adjoining lands may agree
/ between themselves a 10 the building ant
maintenance of division fences, and Sucl
agreements are valid, whether they are ii
| accordance with the law or not. In Somt
States such an agreement, il III writing
and filed with the clerk of the township
! becomes binding upon all subsequent
holders of the land. II not in writing
| however. such an agreement may he
terminated by either of the parties at
pleasure.
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Sudden Change IN SiIesia.

Winter has set IN with unusual severity
all along the northern slopes Of the Ries-
enSebrge. The transition from summer
weather to harsh winter was most sudden
Within twenty four hours the thermome-
ter fell to some degrees below zero cent?
grade. According to usual arrangements
the telegraph service would be closed on
Sept 30 in the higher parts of the range:
but the elements anticipated by several
days the official period. In a single night
the snowfall put an end to Geographic
communication. Ice wreaths some inches
deep hung from the poles and even the
wires. Great destruction of apparatus
was the result: wires were broken down,
isolators broken. and even poles injured.
A fierce northwest wind also blew for
some hours. assisting the work of de-
struction by overturning telegraph poles
At one end of the mountain telegraph
huts the operator and his family were
showed up for several hours and had to
be dug out. 1t is many years since there
has been such a severe and early begin
ming of winter in the district. Breslauer
XcItung.
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THE JUDGMENT or PARIS.

Three specters floating in the pallfd light
That renders visible the endless night
Of the Hereafter. chatted half in mirth
And half in musinz. of their lives On earth
The first with wrinkied face this story told.
In tones tha' sounded like the eiink Of gold:
~One day Love Wealth and Wisdom came TO me.
And babe me choose the fairest OF the three
teersd at Wisdom and at sweet Love sneered.
The prize awarding when fair Wealth appeared
The flying years brought opulsnce untold
Until in priceless Injury rolled:
But with each treasure vas SoEne trouble wed
Until such countless trouble filed my bed
That Hell vas Heaven to the life he'd
The second ghost, whose eyes were filed with
doubt
And long denying. slowly murrnured out:
Your allegory fits my life i'll
Am | or ever had reality
Inp~iIed by fate, chose great VISIONS self
In preference to passion or to pelf
grew the mental monarch Of an age
And left my doubts 70 man as heritage
Hell Is not: nor Is Haven. But instead
are phantom dreams Of baseless hope or dread
Dreamed By the dad who know not they are
dead"
The third smiling specter, DER whose head
A radiance snone, unto the others said:
And chose Love. Through mortal years that
choice
Made every fiber Of my heaFt rejoice:
And through the gates Of death splepdor cast
That MAKES the future besuteous az the past
knew the Lord was love: but now see
That love is lord throughout eternity.
In earthly life it breaks the primal curse;
In heaven IL blazes never 70 disperse.
Irradiating all the universe
William z. s. Fakes In The Journalist.
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UNITED STATES AND EUROPE.


Fixed Habits and Old Methods of Work
men In the Old World.
Here we We prospereI in everything
that we have undertaken and today we
stand at least 100 years ahead Of the
countries Of continental Europe, not only
in our improvement in telegraphy and all
the mechanical arts, but in everything
that goes to make a nation eminently
great, prosperous and permanent Whilst
they have held ON with a strange and
viselike tenacIty to their old habits and
Old ways u work, we We gone on chang
ing, altering. amending, always improv-
ing. With them il seems almost a crime
to step aside from the beaten track that
their forefathers followed.
There the workmen Of today use the
crude implements and machinery Of wears
ago things which we have long since
discarded and replaced with improved
tools and machinery capable Of doing in
finitely more and better work. and pro-
Gacing larger and more profitable re-
turns. Again, they rarely, if ever.
change their patterns, and some Of them
call this conservatism. Is it any wonder,
then, that the workman who clings to his
old fashioned patterns, looms and tools
is badly left in the march of progress and
of civilization Or that the number Of
his patrons and the prices of his goods
are constantly lessening?
Don't forget another point--while he
gets less for the products of his skill, we
get considerably more, and we pay about
the same amount, possibly very much
less, for the crude article than he does.
Take it any way you like, view it in any
phase that you please, your conclusion
will undoubtedly be that the country in
which such "A state of things exists cannot
keep pace with a nation whose citizens
are more enlightened and more enterpris-
ing.
OF the great nations of Europe Ger
many is. TO my mind, far ahead of all
others, and under the admirable and wise
measures proposed and foetered by Bis
marck it is rapidly leaving France and
England behind. Its industries are great.
multiplying and progressive, both in their
number, character and capacity. SO
much have been struck with these facts
that have started a large factory there,
and although only twelve month old, it
is producing very satisfactory returns.
Germany is taking away much of the
French trade, and is continually on the
lookout fof improvements in the methods
of manufacturing her stuffs and fabrics
and in her designs. Interview with Mer-
chant Wanamaker.
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Division Fences.

The general laws and responsibilities re-
garding division fences, and those to whom
they belong, are given IN work just pub
lished by Orange Judd Company, New
York, from which We make the following
somewhat lengthy. but very important ex-
tract:
The legal obligations of adjoining own
ers to build and maintain division fences,
rests entirely upon the statutes of the
respective STATES. save in cases where
long usage has ere ted prescriptive rights,
or special agreemest exists. Such fences
are to be built on The boundary line. the
expense to he borne equally by the parties.
or each one shall make and maintain half
the fence. If they cannot agree, or either
refuses or neglects to do his share. the
statutes provide methods by which the
matter may be determined. In some of
the States. two or more public officers,
called fence-viewers. are elected annually
in each township, whose duties. as pre-
scribed by statute. are. when called upon,
to hear and decide questions relating to
fences in their respective towns. In other
States, these duties are performed by
oycrseers of highways or selectmen. ex-
officio. Whenever any owner or occupant
of land refuses to build or maintain half
the division fence. or cannot agree with
his adjoining neighbor as to which portion
they shall respectively maintain. the
fence-yiewer may be called. Upon being
so called, the fence-viewer shall upon
reasonable notice, and after viewing the
premises, determine and assign the re-
speetiye portions of the fence to be main
tanned by each. The assignment when 50
made and recorded by the proper officer.
becomes binding upon the present and all
subsequent owners of the land. q Wis. Ia.
When by reason of brook. watercourses.
or natural impeachment, it is impracticable
or unreasonably expensive to build fence
on the true line between adjacent lands.
and the owners thereof disagree respecting
Its position, the fence-viewers may. upon
application of either party. determine ON
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How to Break up Babys Cold

When | find Badly has taken cold. not 90
feverish and sick "a to require packing.
which one breads to do because OF the in
ceased danger resulting from any expos
ure afterward, but smart cold in its first
stages. with red eyes and running nose
and stuffed head. take little one IN my
lap several times through the day and again
at bedtime, and. removing boots and stock
lngs, rub the little feet--soles and tops and
sweet oil, or goose oil. and
then heat them long and well before an
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-11-04

The dug out in which the hostlers of
these western blackboard lines live. is a
peculiar and primitive dwelling made by
digging a hole in the ground, laying logs
across this hole. and heaping on top of
the logs, to depth of three or four feet.
the earth excavated from beneath. The
door consists of canvas flap. You lift
this flap, duck your head until you are
not more than four feet tall. and enter
the hostler's home At one end is a log
bedstead with mattress of straw. A
hole in the center of the dirt floor serves
as stove and fireplace; stool and rough
board table complete the furnishings
Lee Meriwether in The Cosmopolitan.
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open fire till the skin will absorb no more
oil.
Then battle aud rab the little barred
back from neck to hips. especially along
the spine. with oil also: shielding Baby 5
back from cold drafts. ana letting the
warm rays of fire light and heat i just
right chatting and thoroughly heating till
tie ska will absorb no more oil.
Wrapped in flannel and tucked away in
her warm nest for the night, Baby often
wakes in the morning With but little trace
OF her cold.
Ii there is hoarseness in connection
win other symptoms of an oncoming
cold. for simple remedy | like 10 give
Baby boiled molasSes with bit of butter
or sweet oil or hens oil, in it, or few
teaspo0nfuls of onion syrup made of sliced
onions and brown sugar, which helps
soothe the throat ana clear the bowels,
carrying away. perhaps, the aggravating
source of the cold.-CLARI>>A POTTER,
in Cool liou sekeeping.
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Mexican War Veteran.

The wonasrfaI erneaey Of swifrs Specific a.
remedy and cure for rheumatism and all blood DIS
.assa. has never had q conspicuous Illustration
than ths case Affords. The candid, uns"'ieited ana
emphatic testimony given by the venerable gentle
man INNS. be- accepted ~ convincing and conclusive
IN. v,,,e, 4. prominent citizen Of Mississippi. The
xrntisraan 10 whom Mr.. Martin refers. and 10 whom
h. ia indebted for tbs advice to which he owes his
npaI relief from years OF suffering Is Mr. King. FOR
many years the popular nist clerk 81 the Lawrence
Hou.e. at jackson
JAcKsos Miss, April o. 1871.
THE SWIFT SPECIFIC CoxrAsT, Atlanta, Ga
0sntl,m>n-i have been Invalid pensioner for
forty years having contracted pulmonary and other
disease. in the Mexican War but not TIL the LIST Of
March 1875, dld feel any symptoms of rheumatism.
ON that day was suddenly stricken with that dis
,ss. I'm both hips ami hnkles For twenty days l
walked on crutehes Then the pain VIA less violent.
hot u shifted from Joint 20 Joint FOR weeks would
totally disabled either on one slo % ny ooty DC
the other The palm never iott ~ , vb IT
eleven years and seven months mat - from hareh
1875 when was hrAt ara Aeu 10 a ~ ~
when wns cured During thesf resei yeals o. ~.
tsnaa suffering tried innamerabio PRESCRIPTIONS
n,,sd ~ fte,ds bgt II ever received the least
benefit from any medicine iaksh , -, ~
v. L
arxt Of Apptenbsr made arrangements TO 20 TO the
Hot springs OF Afkanaaa. having dospRIeh OF every
athar remedy, when faccidentaily met an ol1 &C
auaIntance, Mr.. King. now u The Lawrence House
~ his city lie had been great sufferer from
yhsnmatisrn and as I supposed had been cured
by q visit 10 Hot Springs Bat when met him no
TIA ms that his visit ~ the Hot Springs Wns IN vain
he found no relief On his return from otSprinHs
bs heard for the rst time, Of the q ~ as remedy
for rheumatism. He tried u and slx bottles made
complete cure Several years haeo passed since, but
he has hal NO return 0f the disease.
Immediately returned to trf IT, In September
toos -FOUR battles and by the first ~ Ortober was
seii-aa far NJ the rheumatism vas concerned. All
rain had disappeared and HAVE NOT FELT T"NoE
or fr SINCE. - Il,
have no interest In making this statement other
than tho hons that may direct =ome other sufferer
20 snrs source OF relief and II has this result
am well rewarded for MY trouble. 1 am very re
j. NJ. II. MARTIN.
For sals by all druggists. Treatise On Blood and
skin Diseases mailed free.
The SWIFT SrEcHic CO..
Drawer g, Atlanta, Ga
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An account Of some interesting ancient
flint mines discovered near Mur-de-
Barrez, France, has been given by NJ.
Marceln Boule. The fiints formed bed
underlying some twenty feet of chalk. in
which narrow shafts and galleries, still
bearing the marks of the rude deer horn
picks were excavated. The roofs of the
galleries were supported by pillars and
props. as in modern mining. but the re-
suits of cave ms are still to be seen in
tools crushed between fallen rocks. Near
the shafts are the remains of ancient
workshops. where the flint was worked
into various articles used in the age of
polished stone.-Arkansaw Traveller.
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Mrs Highmind-I suppose you go to
churchi
New Nurse Gir}-oh, yes, ma'am; every
Sunday.
Mrs H.-What texts does your minister
choose, MOSTLY
\. \. G.-They're all from the Bible.
Mrs. HI see; one of those old fashioned
preachers. It'd Bits
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Marfyrfpu.

Robinson stood on the corner, his attitude
expressive of pain
What's the matter, RobinsonFr inquired
Dum,ey, who CHANGED to be passinr.
''Rheunatisin againl You look sort q,
twisted"
No" responded Robinson. my wife has
Just made me half a dozen new shirts and
I've got one of EN- on. New York SIM
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Every season brings vexstion
With its Joy and jubilation.
And this autumn, ressnt conner
Brings the humping and the pounding
From pianos, now reScunding.
That were silent during summer
Boston Beacon.
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The o,or of the flowers soon will miss
The songs OF birds. the sweet and smiling
skies.
But consolation We receive in this.
The seasons here for squash and pumpkin
pies. Boston Courier
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BUTTONS COVERED TO ORDER.

my size, any quantity and from anv fabric.
Made plain or with edge VI ivory Of the same or
trastug coors. Flat or ball shape send for infor.
nation to r. II. GOLDTHWA1rE A. co Knt,o,
Manufacturers, Springfield, Mass.
Dry goods dealers, tailors dressnakers will take
your orders and send TO US, or not, YOU can send
order and remnant cloth direct
octl2dW&S3m
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hENNEBEC COUNTY--in PROBATE Court. of
1ngusfa, on the fourth Monday OF ocf..
1887. '
II NJ. Blake, Executor OF the last will and ,es,s.
Ii ment of =. X. Blake, late OF Monmouth in
said County deceased, having presented his second
account as Executor Of said win Tor allowance.
ORDERED, That notice thereof he given three
weeks successfully prior to the Of Nov
next, IN the kennebee Journal a ncwspapsr
printed In Augusta, that all persons interested may
attend at Court Of Probate then to be holden at An
gusta. and show cause II any, why the same should
not be allowed.
.. II. S. WEBSTER, Judge.
Attest; HOWARD OWEN, Register. sw4ss
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DYEIN(

nvTIAn How TO send Goods to the Dive House
uI1INlI Garments Of every description
Cleaned or Dyed whole and pressed
ready Tor wear: Faded or worn goods must be- dyed
dafk coors 10 ood well also to give option Of two
colors, your address plainly written ON a slip Of
Pap.r' WIN the color you want pinned to the
goods. DO your parcel up well, tie strong aud 81.
rect to FOSTERS FOREST CITY DYE House
u Prebe Street, Portland, Maine.
LARGEST DYE fiOrsE IN MAINE.
oct6d&w2Is
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One Pleasure Succeed, .no,h.-

And are the days OF summer missed.
The veriant mead, the l4afy grove,
OF course not; we can now plav whist
And euchre by the parior stove.
Boston Courier
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J. M. NICHOLS & CO.,
Jobbing Masons and Skaters. Stone Work.
Brick and Plastering, White.
washing 4 Kalsomining

by the day or job. All orders promptly attended
TO. Order slate at A. 2. Gould's Stove Store Ma 5
Union Block, Augusta, Me. maya4eoitf